Kander & Ebb's NEW YORK, NEW YORK begins performances on Broadway in March 2023

It has been announced that the brand new Kander & Ebb musical, New York, New York, will begin performances on Broadway from 24 March 2023 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street).

Featuring music and lyrics by Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award winners and Academy Award nominees John Kander & Fred Ebb, written by Tony Award nominee David Thompson, co-written by Sharon Washington and featuring additional lyrics by Pulitzer, Tony, Emmy & Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda, New York, New York will be directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman.

This new musical is inspired by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture New York, New York written by Earl M. Rauch.

Producers Sonia Friedman and Tom Kirdahy said: “The great John Kander said to us recently, when referring to his time in New York City in the years following the end of World War II, “the possibility of a future was always there.” Perhaps the same could be said of living and working in New York City today.  Once again, the city is bursting with energy, new hope, and the sense that anything is possible – feelings that lie at the very heart of our musical New York, New York. Bringing the legendary music from John Kander and the late Fred Ebb back to Broadway, is a great honor and joy. We can’t wait to share the music, dance, stories and characters of New York with Broadway audiences this spring."

Director and choreographer Susan Stroman said,” I feel very grateful to be collaborating with John Kander, David Thompson and Sharon Washington again. The four of us have loved being in the musical theater trenches creating New York, New York — a show that celebrates the city’s resilience and all the characters that inhabit it. The show is inspired by Kander and Ebb's famous song ‘New York New York’ – ‘I want to be a part of it.’ New York is music — a city that is always in motion.  Everything moves with its own distinct rhythm. This allows for dance sequences to drive the story telling, pulling our various characters through famous locations throughout the city. They come from everywhere to pursue something that can only happen in New York — because fortunes can change in a New York minute.”

It is 1946, the war is over, and a resurgent New York is beginning to rebuild. As steel beams swing overhead, a collection of artists has dreams as big and diverse as the city itself. But do these singers, dancers, musicians and makers have what it takes to survive this place, let alone to succeed? If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere.

New York, New York is a spectacular show for a singular city. With a unique blend of dazzling new songs and big band classics (‘New York, New York’,’The World Goes Round’), this jubilant new musical is destined to become the talk of the town.

Be a part of it. 

Casting and additional creative team members will be announced at a later date. 

Tickets are now on sale here.